Recommend Books That Aren't Stupid or Full of Clichéd Melodrama 求推介不脑残,不狗血老套路的书
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Misty Rain Tower 烟雨楼
[The print edition is now available nationwide at all major retailers] "Traditional xuanhuan" "No harem" In the land of Jiuzhou stands a tower called the Misty Rain Tower. Its master, Li Qingzhi, is hailed as a peerless prodigy, holding life and death in his hands beneath the cover of night. Yet what the world doesn’t know is that someone else stands behind the Misty Rain Tower, its true founder. Using the guise of a spoiled young master as cover, he manipulates the winds and clouds and plots ac
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Starting in 1963 从1963开始
A slow-burn, reborn period drama, not a mindless power fantasy. A mash-up of TV dramas. Not too dark, so feel free to give it a try. The protagonist is kind, just, brave, and full of positive energy... All right, I made that up. He's just a crafty schemer!
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Living with My Dragon King Wife 与龙王老婆的同居生活
“I think... I transmigrated.” In a hospital bed, Lu Ming studied the woman before him as he spoke. At his words, Long Xiyue raised an eyebrow and looked him straight in the eyes. “Is that so? I see!” Long Xiyue nodded. Her reaction surprised Lu Ming. “You believe me?” “I do. If you say so, I believe you.” After transmigrating to a matriarchal world, Lu Ming begins an unusual life together with this wife he has never met before. Long Xiyue: From now on, I'll earn the money and support the family.
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Defying My Master: My Teacher Is Zhang Ermei 逆师:家师张二妹
A humorous, everyday cultivation story with no System. Chen An just wants to earn money and cultivate in peace at his sect, but he ends up with a shameless master who has absolutely no limits. Desperate to get money out of him, she’s constantly up to no good around him and goes around telling everyone that her disciple has designs on her...
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Siheyuan: From the Start, I Had Every Neighbor's Weakness 四合院:开局拿捏众禽把柄
He transmigrates into a courtyard house and becomes Lin Yang, a boy on the verge of adulthood. From the start, his father is dead and his mother is gravely ill. Before his mother can even breathe her last, the courtyard's vermin scheme together to divide up his family's property. Yi Zhonghai: "Let me borrow your wheelchair. I'm not taking it, just borrowing it, got it? Though I might not return it." Liu Haizhong: "My family has a lot of people. I want one of your rooms. Don't worry, I'll give yo
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Nine Songs of the Desolate Sea 荒海九歌
[Xuanhuan] + [Genius] + [Face-slapping] + [Super satisfying] + [A bizarre heart from the start] The Wild Sea World. Outside Canglan City in the Northern Wilderness Empire. A young man was taking part in his clan's annual demon-hunting competition. But no one expected a bolt of lightning to strike down from the clear sky. And it hit the boy squarely. From that moment on, his world began to change in countless ways... “Chen'er, get up and go to the ancestral shrine to check on your deadbeat fa
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The Online Game: A World of Freedom 网游之自由世界
My new book is out. Visit the author’s page to read [Lecher, Don’t Run] Everyone calls him a lecher, but he considers himself a master of gynecology. Some call him a hero, while others say he acts strangely. He doesn’t care what they think. He just wants to do whatever he likes. Demonic cults, righteous sects? What’s that got to do with me? Justice or evil? Depends on the situation! But one thing is certain: Han Jin has always been very generous toward beautiful women. Han Jin: If you lower your
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Xuanhuan: Blind, I Wander the Martial World 玄幻:成为瞎子,我游历江湖
(The short drama is now streaming: Fantasy: Beginning with Two Springs Reflect the Moon) [Spending Life + Grinding and Lying Low] "Once a song breaks the heart, where in all the world can one find a kindred soul?" From the start, he transmigrated as a blind man and became a street musician. [Two Springs Reflect the Moon: LV2 (1/10000) Effect: Unblocks qi and blood, opens the meridians, dispels dampness, and warms the body] He is a blind street musician who wipes out an entire gang for
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An Immortal's Journey to Longevity 长生仙游
An accident brings Chen Changsheng to a world of immortals and martial arts, but he is surrounded by a curse that lets him live only from dawn to dusk. From then on, he comes back to life for just one day every three years, then falls asleep again, trapped in an endless cycle. Yet because of this, immortals from all walks of life mistake him for a sage who has attained the Dao. By a fortunate twist of fate, he embarks on the path of cultivation, searching desperately for a way to break the mayfl
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I'm a Type II Civilization with a Dimensionality Reduction Strike, Isn't That Perfectly Reasonable? 我一个二级文明有二向箔很合理吧
[Technology + Disaster + Interstellar + Tech Tree] In the year 2050 AD, the Sun is affected by an unknown force, and a helium flash is imminent! Is Earth on the brink of destruction? No matter. I’ll handle it! Is the Trisolaris system’s Proxima Centauri civilization about to invade? No matter. I’ll handle it! Are advanced civilizations locked in conflict across the dark universe? No matter. I’ll handle it! … Starting with controlled nuclear fusion, the protagonist, Lü Yongchang, ushers humanity
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The Ninth Special Zone 第九特区
After the catastrophe, the land was scarred beyond recognition. Food was scarce, resources were in short supply, and the situation was chaotic... A young man who had fought his way out of an undeveloped zone, with endless yellow sand at his back, came alone to District Nine to make a living. Yet he never expected to meet a few good friends by chance, rise to prominence in the chaotic era over a single thought, and embark on a legendary journey...
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At This Moment, the Entire Nation Joins Me in Invading Another World 此刻:举国随我攻入异世界
My name is Fang Ming, and I'm from Earth. I never imagined that one day I would transmigrate into an emperor. Even less did I imagine that, as an emperor, I would also get a portal. “Hello, Grand Secretary?” Fang Ming sat on the dragon throne and made a call. “This time it's an apocalyptic world. I authorize you to deploy seven aircraft carriers!” Worlds featured: wuxia, apocalypse, science fiction, xianxia, xuanhuan, and more...
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Trading Across the Myriad Worlds: Starting as a Prince of the Ming Dynasty 万界交易:从大明皇子开始
Reborn as Zhu Yuanzhang’s son, he had planned to coast through life and become an idle prince. Who could have guessed that transmigrating would come with a Trading Space? Only, this Trading Space wasn’t anything like he’d imagined. First, though, he’d set himself a simple little goal: live for ten thousand years! And while he was at it, spread the Ming banners across the Myriad Worlds over those ten thousand years. Many years later, two powers were renowned throughout the Myriad Worlds. One
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I Became a Tiger and Escaped from the Zoo from the Start 成为猛虎,开局逃出动物园
[This is a fictional world! A fictional world! There are livestreams early on, so don't read if that's not your thing!] [A power fantasy! The protagonist is invincible and never takes a loss! Don't read if you want to watch the protagonist grow!] When Xia Yu wakes up, he discovers that he has become a tiger in a zoo. He thinks he'll spend the rest of his life with his meals and lodging taken care of. Then a reckless streamer climbs over the wall and jumps into the tiger enclosure. The sudden tur
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Transmigrate and Become a God Again 穿越再成神
Without extraordinary encounters, you can't become a god! A reasonable extraordinary encounter is an extraordinary encounter. An unreasonable one is pure nonsense! Without substance in one's words, one's deeds will not carry far. Nine stars align, triggering a special transmigration. The protagonist's journey from boyhood to godhood is told through interwoven accounts. The story is moving and full of twists and turns, with many unexpected developments that, on closer examination, all make perfec
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The Female Leader's Favorite 女领导的头牌红人
Wang Yu sat in the meeting room with a copy of Sakura Communications in his hands, waiting to learn where he would be assigned for work. He had returned to a crossroads of fate once again. This time, he did not choose to move far from his hometown and parents. Instead, he dutifully chose a state-owned enterprise. No coasting toward retirement, no lying flat. He climbed the ranks all the way, proving through his actions that seniority does not always have to rule here, either. With the right kind
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The Antiquities Restorer 做旧师
[Entirely handmade, with no AI whatsoever + Behind-the-scenes industry secrets + Authentic antique identification with images and text + National vendettas and family feuds] If you want to truly understand the antiques trade, start by making fake antiques! Start by learning to age forgeries! My name is Mei Jiu. I was just a temporary odd-jobber on a film crew, but after I helped them repair a broken bowl, I was promoted to assistant prop master. I fix props, so why are they asking me to make fak
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Secluded in Cultivation: No Slaying Jiangshi or Zombies 闭世修道,不斩僵尸灭丧尸
[Fantasy + Post-apocalypse + Cultivation + Taoist Priest + Not a Power Fantasy + Cthulhu] Before my master died, he forced me to go down the mountain, but the world had already changed beyond recognition... There were no ghosts or gods, no zombies, only zombies and experimental subjects everywhere... Fortunately, my master, who had already become an immortal, secretly helped me, allowing me to escape danger again and again. But then, an indescribable being from beyond the heavens quietly descend
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Three Kingdoms: Xiao Qiao, Call Your Sister In 三国:小乔,把你姐叫进来
Zhou Ye transmigrates to the end of the Eastern Han dynasty and becomes the governor’s son, gaining the Strongest Life-or-Death System. While others spend money, I spend my life! All he has to do is recruit famous generals, strategists, and other renowned figures to earn more lifespan. “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have recruited the first-rate warrior Zhao Yun. Complete a history-making mission and receive five hundred days of lifespan...” “Ding! Congratulations, Host, you have recruited th
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Isn't It Only Natural for a Slime Like Me to Crush a Dragon? 我一个史莱姆吊打巨龙很合理吧?
[Beast taming + choices + comedy + nonsense + one female lead (no female lead) = ?] When Chen Shu wakes up, he finds that he has transmigrated to a parallel world where beast taming reigns supreme, and he has bound himself to a Divine-Level Choice System! Every choice he makes earns him all kinds of rewards! With the System’s help, his pets grow increasingly monstrous: a slime that can sit on a dragon and crush it to death, a husky that can blast a phoenix to tears with elemental skills, and a..
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Growing One Point a Year: From Country Bumpkin to Ancestor of the Immortal Realm 每年加一点从山野村夫成仙界道祖
[Published in print] [Not a wish-fulfillment story + tranquil daily life + lighthearted humor + no female lead + no tragedy + survival expert] Enter with caution. A longevity story told from the perspective of an immortal, spanning several great eras of cultivation. It begins in an ordinary mountain village, moves into a small domain, and then enters the vast world of cultivation, passing through the eras of flourishing development, golden prosperity, the collapse of the rules, the great dark up
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What Should a Fairy Do After Being Crushed by a Truck? 小仙女被卡车撞碎了怎么办
Synopsis: [System transmigration, fantasy xianxia, female soul in a male body, intelligent protagonist, slow-burn long-form story, different protagonist each volume.] After Sima Yi and his sons usurped the fortune of Wei and eventually unified the country, the Sima clan gradually uncovered and activated the grand formation of heaven and earth left behind by Zhang Liang. Spiritual qi revival began in the Great Jin. Ancient legacies left over from the Calamity of the Investiture of the Gods surfac
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I Rejected the System Ten Thousand Times, Then It Made Me Invincible After I Turned Dark 拒绝系统一万次,黑化后赐我无敌
[Invincible, ten-thousandfold returns, comedy, empress, lie flat and become a god, take disciples, summon, build a faction, fast-paced power fantasy] Ye Qingyun transmigrates into a fantasy world and becomes a peak master. Because he lazes around too much, the System crashes and turns dark, upgrading into the Supreme Invincible System. It has only one goal: to make its Host invincible, more invincible, and utterly invincible! [Host detected breathing. Reward: a thousand years of cultivation, eno
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Reincarnated as a Dragon in Another World 转生异世界成了龙
[First-person POV + reincarnation in another world + female protagonist, not gender-swapped] After high school student Yujia is killed in a car accident, she is reincarnated in another world. So why is her treatment so different from that of the other reincarnators? A dragon? A dragon!? After cautiously fighting monsters and leveling up, she finally learns to transform. The beautiful young dragon takes her first step on a journey! She picks up a beautiful, powerful, and tragic older brother for
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Doomsday: I Take the Campus Beauties on a World Tour 末日:我带着女神校花环游世界
[Apocalyptic power fantasy + Self-interest + Decisive and ruthless + Game-like stats, don't read if that's not your thing] Early-game growth, invincible by the mid-to-late game! (Important characters, monsters, and settings are illustrated. The stats were recorded and calculated using software.) He transmigrated to Blue Star just as the apocalypse broke out, and gained an auxiliary shopping-mall System. Egged on by the System, Su Yu exchanged points for a high-tech RV and embarked on a journ
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Cultivate Yin and Yang, Unite in Bliss, Attain the Great Dao 练阴阳,合欢喜,成大道
(No System, multiple female leads, neither wholly good nor wholly evil) Fang Ling possesses a Chaos Sacred Body. From the moment he was born, various factions fought to seize him. His heart, right eye, and precious bone were successively cut out… After being passed from hand to hand, Fang Ling was left on the steps of an ancient temple, barely clinging to life, by a kind-hearted stranger. No one knew that five peerless experts were secretly living in seclusion inside the temple. They had hidden
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I’m Immortal Anyway, So Do Whatever You Want 我反正长生不死,你们随意
(A laid-back story + mastering the art of keeping a low profile + easygoing + humorous everyday life. Enter at your own risk!) Yang Sheng transmigrates to the world of cultivation and awakens an immortal constitution: he’ll never die! He has a mixed Five Elements spiritual root, making cultivation difficult. What’s he going to do? No worries. Keep a low profile for a million years, and even a Divine Transformation cultivator will call him Dad! Keep a low profile for billions of years, and even a
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The Demon Emperor’s Steward 魔皇大管家
Demon Emperor Zhuo Yifan incurred a deadly calamity after obtaining the legacy of an ancient Demon Emperor. After being reborn, he was plagued by his inner demons and had no choice but to become the steward of a fallen clan. Watch as this ruthless Demon Emperor leads a small family to the pinnacle of power.
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Villain: Invincible from the Moment I Move into Hundred Flowers Valley 反派:无敌,从入住百花谷开始
[Villain + System + fantasy world + multiple heroines + exhilarating plot + ruthless, decisive, and no holier-than-thou hero + sly schemer] After transmigrating into a fantasy world, Qin Tian became an inner disciple of the Heavenly Demon Cult. He thought he could keep his head down for a while. Then he discovered that the cult leader was his sworn enemy, the one who had slaughtered his entire family, and that he planned to seize Qin Tian's body in three days. His situation suddenly looked dire.
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A Car Crash from the Start, and I Get Stronger by Finding Treasure Chests 车祸开局,我靠捡宝箱变强
This is a world where cultivation and technology coexist, and people can awaken supernatural abilities while still in high school... The monsters in the secret realms eye the main world hungrily... The five nations have endured a century of war... The one who can unite them has waited a thousand years... An organization seeks to end the war and bring peace... But after being deceived by an evil god, it ushers in a dark age...
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This Daoist's Life Seems to Stretch on Without End 贫道的人生,一眼望不到头啊
(Immortality + fresh, elegant prose + delightfully imaginative) The homebody Lu Xuan transmigrates to a Taoist temple, awakens an utterly absurd System, and becomes an immortal Taoist priest who can never die. All he has to do is complete one set of calisthenics each day to live longer and grow stronger! From then on, his life stretches endlessly before him... For the sake of a comfortable homebody lifestyle, he starts by doing three things. First, he puts a mahjong room in the temple. Sec
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The Lost City of Exotic Beasts 异兽迷城
[The new book The Maze of Inversion has begun serialization. Updates come at 9 p.m. every evening. Please continue to support it.] Gao Yang was an orphan. At the age of six, he transmigrated to a parallel world and began living in a warm family of five. When he turned eighteen, Gao Yang accidentally discovered the truth about the world: this was not a parallel world at all, but a mysterious realm, and all the relatives and friends around him were terrifying Beasts! Gao Yang nearly lost his life
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Naruto: The Art of Self-Cultivation as an Undercover Agent 火影:卧底的自我修养
Sharingan? Mangekyo? Rinnegan? Rinren shakes his head. “How about an immortal body and the Eight Gates?” After transmigrating into the Naruto world, he escapes the Jashin Cult to Amegakure, only to be sent by Hanzo of the Salamander to Konoha as a spy. They said it would be three years, but after three years, it was another three, then another three... It’s been almost ten years, Lord Hanzo! That old Sarutobi has summoned me for the fifth time today, pressuring me to succeed him and become the F
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The End of Ten Days 十日终焉
2024 Tomato Novel Annual Peak Rankings TOP 1 | 2024 China Online Literature Influence List | 2024 China Good Novel Award | Over 2 million copies sold (No harem, no formulaic tropes, no invincibility, no System, no mindless antics, no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if these bother you.) Just when I thought it was an ordinary day, I discovered I had been captured and taken to the End. Just when I thought I could escape by continually taking part in death games, people began awakening supernat
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Superpowers: I Have a Replication Mirror 超能:我有一面复刻镜
[Gods Descend, Calamity Begins] When cultivators from the divine realm invade Earth, superpowers and modern weapons become humanity's last line of defense! Can Gou Chen and Adam, Earth's only two superpower academies, shoulder humanity's future? What kind of hidden strength does Huaxia, hailed as the Chosen Nation, possess? This is a feast for the Godslayers! A young man gains the power to replicate abilities. With a mortal body and the power of the world in his hands, he will ultimately slay th
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The Greatest Demon Since Time Immemorial 亘古第一魔
While Jiang Chen worked hard at cultivation, building up his strength and advancing step by step toward becoming a Deity Transformation cultivator, the Great Tribulation of the End Times arrived!!!!! With the onset of the Great Tribulation, immortal qi faded away, and an era ruled by spiritual qi quietly began. So what if they were immortals? So what if they were demons? It was all an illusion.
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Dustbound Karma 尘业
Dust motes gather, setting the winds to rest. Beneath the winds of the age, destinies take root in the dust. A classic xianxia tale, soaring on swords with the wind, seeking vengeance and savoring every triumph, brimming with heroic spirit. Updates depend on fate. Read with care.
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The Little Monk Goes Down the Mountain to Exorcise Demons in a Sea of Desire 小和尚下山之欲海除魔
A passionate, hilarious, and satisfying story told on two interwoven tracks: modern urban life in this life, and a fantasy fanfiction world in his past life. Reincarnation and karma are its central themes. Born in the Realm of Desire, mortals have five cravings: food, sleep, love, wealth, and fame. A young monk named Xiao Yi descends from the mountain bearing a sacred scripture for vanquishing demons, and begins his long journey to exterminate them. In the end, Xiao Yi discovers that demonic nat
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The Miracle Collector 奇迹收藏家
Nothing in this world could interest him anymore. Not fate, not life or death, not knowledge, and certainly not great power... But there were some things he was willing to stop for: wildflowers growing in the depths of the abyss, starlight streaking across the night sky, and the freedom that marionettes were destined never to attain... Dear readers, please slow down as you read. Some things are worth stopping for, too. Volume One: Dark Dawn There is a demon living deep inside each of us. It i
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This Scholar Comes from the Underworld 这个书生来自幽冥
“Where is this?” “Perhaps... the River of Forgetfulness...” “Who are you?” “Wuchang...” “I've never heard of anyone called Wuchang in this world.” “From now on... that's who I'll be!” The soul crosses the River of Forgetfulness, while its thoughts remain on the other shore. What is gained from all beings must be returned to all beings. When Su Mo woke up, he was no longer in his former life. He went to the capital to sit the imperial examinations, but accidentally stumbled into an immortal schem
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Bureau of Legend Management 传说管理局
(No harem, no formulaic plot, no invincibility, no System, no brainless decisions, and no wish fulfillment. Read with caution if any of that bothers you.) Du Yu dies an untimely death right at the beginning of the story. Hoping to secure a better spot in his next life, he takes a job with the Bureau of Legendary Tales. His job is to return to legends that have gone off course and put their plots back on track. He never expected that the first mission assigned to an ordinary mortal like him would
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Oh No! I Transmigrated Along with My Hapless Buddy 天呐!我和我的冤种兄弟一起穿越
When Lu Ping woke up, he and his hapless buddy had transmigrated to another world. From then on, the Tianxuan Continent had two more monsters. Many years later, a powerful being from ancient times stared in shock at the pig and dog wielding a saber and a sword. He murmured, “WTF?”
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Apprentice, Your Master Has Arrived 徒弟,为师来了
How many extraordinary people can there really be in the world? Most people are ordinary. But narrow the scope, and everyone is extraordinary, because in the eyes of someone in particular, you stand out. You are so special that you matter enormously!
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